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Better Antivirus? - [fr31ns]Karrde - 09-16-2010
Ok, I'm getting sick of the false positives AVG has been picking up. It's finally gotten in the way of my ability to do work on ESF in the form of preventing me from....purchasing photoshop. EVen though we know the file is indeed not virused.  Well unless the lead coder is trying to botnet the team, which means we've got bigger problems than trojans. So anyway, rec me some good free or non-free antivirus solutions.
Re: Better Antivirus? - CaffeinePowered - 09-16-2010
Use a firewall, proper practices...and not have AV software?
Re: Better Antivirus? - Versus - 09-16-2010
(09-16-2010, 02:00 PM)Caffeine link Wrote: Use a firewall, proper practices...and not have AV software?
this
Re: Better Antivirus? - Spore - 09-16-2010
I just use Microsoft Security Essentials because it's a light and competent antivirus that does in fact pick things up.
Re: Better Antivirus? - [fr31ns]Karrde - 09-16-2010
Well I haven't had a legit virus that was my fault in years. The exception being a nasty piece of malware I picked up from a website I visit that got hacked.
Re: Better Antivirus? - beep beep diglett - 09-16-2010
(09-16-2010, 02:30 PM)Spore link Wrote: I just use Microsoft Security Essentials because it's a light and competent antivirus that does in fact pick things up.
this
havent gotten anything malicious in about a year or so
oh and noscript helps but its kinda a pain in the ass to whitelist all the sites you go to regularly
Re: Better Antivirus? - Didzo - 09-16-2010
(09-16-2010, 02:30 PM)Spore link Wrote: I just use Microsoft Security Essentials because it's a light and competent antivirus that does in fact pick things up.
Re: Better Antivirus? - HeK - 09-16-2010
(09-16-2010, 05:23 PM)Didzo link Wrote: [quote author=Spore link=topic=4995.msg173986#msg173986 date=1284665438][/quote]
I just use Microsoft Security Essentials because it's a light and competent antivirus that does in fact pick things up.
I'm going to endorse this.
Re: Better Antivirus? - MasterGH - 09-16-2010
(09-16-2010, 06:17 PM)HeK link Wrote: [quote author=Didzo link=topic=4995.msg174013#msg174013 date=1284675836][/quote]
[quote author=Spore link=topic=4995.msg173986#msg173986 date=1284665438]
I just use Microsoft Security Essentials because it's a light and competent antivirus that does in fact pick things up.
I'm going to endorse this.
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Re: Better Antivirus? - [fr31ns]Karrde - 09-17-2010
And in true brbu style, thus begins the great quote pyramid...
Re: Better Antivirus? - K2 - 09-17-2010
I just run ClamWin maybe once a month. Also the NoScript add-on for Firefox works really well.
Re: Better Antivirus? - Badgerman of DOOM - 09-19-2010
fucking avast up in this bitch
arr hos
Re: Better Antivirus? - Vandamguy - 09-20-2010
In my left hand I have Avira.
In my right hand I have Common Sense.
Re: Better Antivirus? - zaneyard - 09-20-2010
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Re: Better Antivirus? - Kirby - 09-20-2010
(09-20-2010, 02:36 AM)Vandamguy link Wrote: In my left hand I have Avira.
In my right hand I have Common Sense.
I have Avira on my laptops due to their higher contact with the outside, both game rigs have no AV besides MS's anti spytools stuff, adblocker, not-IE web browser and common sense.
I've been virus free except for my own dumb moves (like forgetting that virus'ed .exe wasn't in the VM desktop) for over a decade like that...
Re: Better Antivirus? - LV15GAMER - 09-22-2010
(09-16-2010, 06:39 PM)MasterGH link Wrote: [quote author=HeK link=topic=4995.msg174024#msg174024 date=1284679028][/quote]
[quote author=Didzo link=topic=4995.msg174013#msg174013 date=1284675836]
[quote author=Spore link=topic=4995.msg173986#msg173986 date=1284665438]
I just use Microsoft Security Essentials because it's a light and competent antivirus that does in fact pick things up.
I'm going to endorse this.
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Re: Better Antivirus? - Vlambo - 09-22-2010
(09-22-2010, 01:20 AM)LV15GAMER link Wrote: [quote author=MasterGH link=topic=4995.msg174027#msg174027 date=1284680399][/quote]
[quote author=HeK link=topic=4995.msg174024#msg174024 date=1284679028]
[quote author=Didzo link=topic=4995.msg174013#msg174013 date=1284675836]
[quote author=Spore link=topic=4995.msg173986#msg173986 date=1284665438]
I just use Microsoft Security Essentials because it's a light and competent antivirus that does in fact pick things up.
I'm going to endorse this.
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Re: Better Antivirus? - Luinbariel - 09-22-2010
I have noticed that Security Essentials absolutely FUCKS my computer during games.
When I play TF2 and this is running at the same time, it will max my CPU and my game is complete shit. If I turn it off it's fine.
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Re: Better Antivirus? - beep beep diglett - 09-22-2010
what's your os luin?
Re: Better Antivirus? - Luinbariel - 09-22-2010
Windows 7 64 bit